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    mmc: add module parameter to set whether cards are assumed removable · bd68e083
    Ben Hutchings authored
    
    
    Some people run general-purpose distribution kernels on netbooks with
    a card that is physically non-removable or logically non-removable
    (e.g. used for /home) and cannot be cleanly unmounted during suspend.
    Add a module parameter to set whether cards are assumed removable or
    non-removable, with the default set by CONFIG_MMC_UNSAFE_RESUME.
    
    In general, it is not possible to tell whether a card present in an MMC
    slot after resume is the same that was there before suspend.  So there are
    two possible behaviours, each of which will cause data loss in some cases:
    
    CONFIG_MMC_UNSAFE_RESUME=n (default): Cards are assumed to be removed
    during suspend.  Any filesystem on them must be unmounted before suspend;
    otherwise, buffered writes will be lost.
    
    CONFIG_MMC_UNSAFE_RESUME=y: Cards are assumed to remain present during
    suspend.  They must not be swapped during suspend; otherwise, buffered
    writes will be flushed to the wrong card.
    
    Currently the choice is made at compile time and this allows that to be
    overridden at module load time.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
    Cc: Wouter van Heyst <larstiq@larstiq.dyndns.org>
    Cc: <linux-mmc@vger.kernel.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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